Restoration: a restoring to an unimpaired or improved condition, Merriam-Webster
I have spent the last several months evaluating what it means to go through a restoration process. I first began looking at restoration as the process one would go through in restoring an old piece of furniture. Especially if it happens to be a piece that holds significant monetary value, or if it were perhaps an heirloom and held in the family for many generations. After this review I began to look over my life in the last several years as God worked to transform me, my marriage, my family, and my career.
God took me to a place in restoring my life that was freeing, new, exciting, and held the hand of promise. From his work in my life I began to see that there could be beauty even amid the ashes. So why bother with restoration? Just as I mentioned above, some times there are heirlooms we hold dear that holds a memory or creates comfort from possessing it and sharing it's history. Much of the same is true in the restoration God has brought me through. He loved me enough to restore me..... This of course is true for everyone if we can only accept that as truth and allow him to lead us down the road of healing. I can't tell you at what point I was unimpaired prior to this place in my life, as far back as I can remember I have been broken in one way or another.
Today I am excited to say I know in whom I trust, and I know that God sees me as I am and he loves me. He loved me enough to restore me (to my most improved condition). I believe that as I work with other women to restore, "the years the canker worm has eaten" God continues to show me the blessings of his mercy in my own life.
I have spent the last several months evaluating what it means to go through a restoration process. I first began looking at restoration as the process one would go through in restoring an old piece of furniture. Especially if it happens to be a piece that holds significant monetary value, or if it were perhaps an heirloom and held in the family for many generations. After this review I began to look over my life in the last several years as God worked to transform me, my marriage, my family, and my career.
God took me to a place in restoring my life that was freeing, new, exciting, and held the hand of promise. From his work in my life I began to see that there could be beauty even amid the ashes. So why bother with restoration? Just as I mentioned above, some times there are heirlooms we hold dear that holds a memory or creates comfort from possessing it and sharing it's history. Much of the same is true in the restoration God has brought me through. He loved me enough to restore me..... This of course is true for everyone if we can only accept that as truth and allow him to lead us down the road of healing. I can't tell you at what point I was unimpaired prior to this place in my life, as far back as I can remember I have been broken in one way or another.
Today I am excited to say I know in whom I trust, and I know that God sees me as I am and he loves me. He loved me enough to restore me (to my most improved condition). I believe that as I work with other women to restore, "the years the canker worm has eaten" God continues to show me the blessings of his mercy in my own life.
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